Militiamen belonging to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces are promoting on their social media pages, Shia clergy, militia an anti-terrorism units working hand in hand to offer assistance to the people of Ramadi.

The video is evidence of firstly, the uninvited presence of these forces in the city, and secondly, the effort to proliferate a ‘clean image' of these groups, that remain accused of human rights atrocities, and possibly war crimes.

​Satire has made a unexpected appearance in latest spate of demonstrations in Iraq. One demonstrator who dressed himself in traditional Indian clothing had this message to relay:

"I am here today as an Iraqi seeking Indian citizenship - yes, I am seeking Indian citizenship. I've grown tired of my Iraqi status and would like to renounce it today. They (Indians) have 50 gods and I don't see them disagreeing or fighting, whereas we have 1 and can't seem to get along. They eat hot chili peppers and enjoy air-conditioning. Here however, we're cut off, and have no electricity. From today onward consider me Indian, tell your uncle, children, anyone, I do not want to be Iraqi."

Footage leaked by activists online, captures the moments in which a Lieutenant Colonel belonging to Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units demands money from the shopkeeper of a gold store in Iraq's capital, Baghdad.

​The Colonel is heard yelling "help us a little" - citing the country's climate of abject poverty to justify his impromptu demands. He spoke angrily and displayed intimidating body language, commanding the seated shop keeper to "prepare the money for collection" as customers watched in awe. "If my demands are not met" he bellowed, "I will make sure that your store is closed down".​

Local reports announced the death of the son and nephew of current Iraqi minister of transport, Hadi al Ameri. Meanwhile, the Badr Brigade which al Ameri heads, remains silent.

They are believed to have died on March 3, 2015, following a fierce fire exchange south of al Dawr district, Iraq.

While state-media media outlets have said close to nothing about the incident, the below video purportedly shows followers mourning their death in Samarra. Eye witnesses said that on the day of his death, al Ameri's son was allegedly driving American tanks.

Al Ameri's son, who goes by the alias of Abu-Hassan, is also shown here in Salahuddin province. ​

This video captures the moments in which thousands of undocumented Iranian pilgrims flood through Iraq’s Zurbatiyya border crossing.

The pilgrims had allegedly travelled by foot to Iraq to partake in the annual Arbaeen religious celebration. Pilgrims tore down the fences separating the two countries and injured border guards policing the area.

​By entering the country without visas or documentation, many of these pilgrims may reside in the country even past the end of Arbaeen rituals. The number of those that illegally crossed Zurbatiyya, may have exceeded half a million according to Iraqi officials.

Report packages produced by Kurdish television stations display scenes of Jalawala, northern Diyala, like Iraq has never before seen. The city lays in ruins, a ghost town, where marauding militia forces belonging to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization have plundered civilian property and local businesses.

Since its liberation, the town has been overrun by Kurdish Peshmerga forces, and Iran-backed militia outfits.

The militiamen captured on film are members of Saraya al Khorasani, who admit that orders reach them from Iran’s Iranian Revolutionary Guard Commander Qassim Suleimani. Despite having been subjected to an UN travel ban, Suleimani freely crisscrosses his way between his native Iran, and neighbouring Iraq.

Footage leaked by an Iraqi soldier in mid-August 2014, uncovers repeated crimes in another new context, Diyala, where lawlessness presides.

Government and accompanying militia forces interrogate men clad in local dress, covered in blood smatterings. The armed forces ask the men whether they had seen Islamic State members or tribal fighters, or whether they themselves possessed arms. One man responds by saying “if I owned a weapon I would have fixed my broken down car”.

​The armed men from behind the camera continue to push harder for answers. In the midst of the chaos one of the men interrogated tries to remain calm, whilst the man beside him is slowly hit by a barrage of bullets, a fate which soon meets him as well.